A weighted average is a more accurate measurement of scores or investments that are of relative importance to each other. This is often the case with investment portfolios, grade scoring and other statistics. You can find out how to calculate weighted averages.ist the weight next to the number. 1  Percentages are common because weights are often a percentage of a total of 100. 2  If you are figuring out the weighted average of grades, investments and other financial data, look for the percentage of the occurrence out of 100.
More forceful whippings, like those often administered to slaves in pre-Civil War America, are much more dangerous. Lashes with a leather instrument or paddle and a full range of motion have the potential to cause permanent damage to the internal organs and muscles, severe blood loss, shock, and maybe death.
The purported long-term goal is to change the child's behavior and to make it more consistent with the adult's expectations. In corporal punishment, the adult usually hits various parts of the child's body with a hand, or with canes, paddles, yardsticks, belts, or other objects expected to cause pain and fear.